SESSION OF 2023
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2412
As Recommended by House Committee on
Federal and State Affairs
Brief*
HB 2412 would amend the Personal and Family
Protection Act to remove certain fees paid by persons who
have applied for a concealed carry license (CCL) or who are
seeking renewal of such license, specifying no such fees
would be required to be paid except to cover the cost of
taking fingerprints.
Issuance of a Concealed Carry License
Pursuant to current law, CCL issuance fees total
$132.50, which is required to be paid in the form of two
cashier’s checks, personal checks, or money orders in the
amount of:
●$100 payable to the Attorney General; and
●$32.50 payable to the sheriff of the county where
the applicant resides.
The bill would remove the $100 fee payable to the
Attorney General. The bill would specify a fee in the amount
of $32.50, which will be payable for the cost of covering the
taking of fingerprints as required by continuing law.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org Concealed Carry License Card
The bill would also remove a $16 fee paid to the Kansas
Department of Revenue (KDOR) for issuance and renewal of
the CCL card.
Concealed Carry License Renewal
Under current law, CCLs may be renewed by paying a
fee of $25 among other requirements. The bill would remove
that fee and the late fee of $15 for the failure to renew the
CCL.
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Federal and State Affairs at the request of Representative
Schmoe.
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In the House Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by Representative Schmoe, the Attorney
General, and a representative of the Kansas State Rifle
Association. The proponents stated removal of the fee would
allow more Kansans to be trained and licensed and that
Kansas would become the second state in the country
without a CCL fee.
Written-only proponent testimony was provided by a
private citizen. No other testimony was provided.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared on the bill by the
Division of the Budget, the Office of the Attorney General
states that deleting the fees would result in the loss of
2- 2412 approximately $1.2 million in fee fund revenues for FY 2024.
Those fees are used to pay the salaries, wages, and
operating expenses of the CCL Unit. If the bill were enacted,
the agency would require State General Funds (SGF) to
replace the loss of fee fund revenues and to operate the Unit.
KDOR indicates that over the past five years it has
issued an average of 21,139 CCL each year. Of the $16 fee,
$8 is paid to the vendor and $8 is deposited into the State
Highway Fund. The total loss of revenue would be $338,224
in FY 2024. If the bill were enacted, the agency states the
Driver’s License Photo Fee Fund would be used to pay the
$8 that is paid to the vendor. In addition, the agency would
need to remove the fees for a CCL in its KanLicense system,
which would require four hours of development work and two
hours of testing, for a total cost of $250 from the SGF.
Personal and Family Protection Act; concealed carry; permit; fee; Attorney General
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